Government In GHC200m Record-Breaking Fertiliser Subsidies
Government has allocated over GH¢200 million for fertiliser subsidies for the 2017 farming season. This is the biggest subsidy allocation ...
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Fruit Processors Request For A US$10 Million Bailout From Government
The Fruit Processors and Marketers Association of Ghana has requested for a US$10 million bailout from the government to be ...
CSIR Wants Pozzomix Cement Used In Government Projects
The Building and Road Research (BRRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSRI) has called on the government ...
Government Slashes Fertilizer Prices By 50%
Government has reduced the prices of fertilizer by fifty percent. This according to government is to motivate farmers to increase ...
Gov’t Slashes Fertilizer Prices By 50%
Government has reduced the prices of fertilizer by fifty percent. This according to government is to motivate farmers to increase ...
Agriculture, Rural Industrialisation Will Curb Rural-Urban Migration
Massive agricultural production and rural industrialisation will go a long to curb rural-urban migration in Ghana, according to Deputy Minister-designate ...
Is Paa Kwasi of Dobble Fame Quitting Music For Farming?
Would you support Paa Kwasi of the defunct Highlife group Dobble to take up farming as a full time job ...
Monsanto Earnings Rise Behind Higher Seed Sales
Monsanto reported higher second-quarter profit Wednesday behind increased sales in seeds and in its herbicide and crop-protection business. Net income ...
Government Must Focus On Youth In Agriculture – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a strong focus aimed at encouraging youth to consider opting for agriculture ...
100 Unemployed Graduates Get Jobs
Some 100 unemployed graduates with expertise in agriculture have been employed by the Department of Agriculture in the Volta Region ...
2m Local Chickens Consumed Annually
Ghanaians consumed more than two million locally-produced chickens last year, a new USAID survey of the sector has revealed. This ...
Unemployed Graduates Engaged For ‘planting For Food and Jobs” In Volta
The Department of Agriculture in the Volta Region has engaged more than 100 unemployed graduates from agricultural institutions as Extension ...
Machinery Alone Will Not Modernize Agriculture – Takpo Naa
Naa Widaana-Nanga II, Paramount Chief of Takpo Traditional Area, has said the provision of farm machinery and extension officers are ...
USAID Event Strengthens Agribusiness In Northern Ghana
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the US government’s Feed the Future Initiative and the National Seed ...
Extension Agents Recruited For
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, has called on newly recruited Extension Agents for the "Planting For Food ...
India State Greenlights Life Sentences For Cow Slaughter
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Friday increased the punishment for cow slaughter from seven years ...
Kosmos Innovation Center Inspires 25 AgriTech Business Teams
Twenty-five AgriTech Business Teams competing in the Kosmos Innovation Center 2017 AgriTech Challenge have embarked on a series of market ...
Kosmos Pledges Support To Develop Agriculture
Kosmos Energy, Ghana, has reiterated its commitment to partner the country in its development goals, especially towards whipping up the ...
India State Greenlights Life Sentences For Cow Slaughter
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Friday increased the punishment for cow slaughter from seven years ...
Mobile Money Solves Risky Cash and Lack of Loans For Farmers In Ghana
This is the last of a three-week blog series on digital financial services for agriculture. This series showcases mSTAR and ...